Chapter 370： Study gold-eating bugs

Four months have passed in a flash.

The Tianfeng Empire is already full of alchemists.

Alchemists were originally a rare group, rarely seen in ordinary times, but now as long as you walk down a random street, you can encounter an alchemist, or even more than one.

These alchemists come from all over the world and come from all major regions. When the alchemists from all regions in the entire Western Region are gathered together, there are as many alchemists in the Tianfeng Empire as there are dogs.

Although there are still several months before the alchemy competition starts, there are many early arrivals, including a large number of first- and second-grade alchemists.

Although it is impossible for low-level alchemists to enter the finals, it does not hinder their desire to watch the excitement. How can they miss such a rare alchemy event?

The people who arrived early included Long Xuan. After he entered Tianfeng City, he changed his face again according to the instructions of the Jade-faced Rakshasa.

This is a young and handsome face. Since he plans to represent the Long family in the competition this time, he also changed his name to Long Xuan.

Tianfeng City was very lively at this time, with a large number of alchemists walking around on the streets. Alchemists were an extremely wealthy group. The influx of a large number of alchemists into the city would naturally drive the city's economy.

Especially the price of elixirs, which began to skyrocket in this city.

This also made keen businessmen smell the smell of making a fortune and transported a large amount of treasures to Tianfeng City. At this time, Tianfeng City could be described as being filled with treasures.

Long Xuan had to sigh secretly, it was indeed a good thing to arrive early.

He began to spread out his clones and frantically looted the treasures in the city that were useful to him.

His real body is looking for a trade fair in the city.

With so many wealthy alchemists gathering together, a trade fair will definitely come into being.

The treasures with the highest value will definitely appear at the trade fair.

Under the perception of powerful soul power, he walked towards an attic and saw the sign of the attic saying "Third Grade Alchemist Fair".

There is no need to inform anyone at all. At this time, many third-level alchemists in the city are walking here quickly after sensing this sign with their soul power.

Alchemists are one of the groups with the most powerful soul power, so it is not difficult to perceive this sign.

At this time, the trade fair for third-grade alchemists didn't seem to have started yet. Long Xuan straightened his clothes and walked inside.

Standing at the door were two Gu cultivators at the peak of the spiritual sea, a man and a woman. When they saw the third-grade alchemist medal hanging on the chest of the visitor, they immediately showed respectful expressions.

“May I have your surname, sir?” the male doorman asked respectfully.

“Long Xuan.” Long Xuan said his pseudonym without hesitation.

There are many people named Long Xuan in this world, but there is a high probability that there is no third-grade alchemist named Long Xuan.

So no information can be found on this name, and anyone with a discerning eye can tell that it is a pseudonym.

At this time, he had already made up his mind that if the two guards insisted on getting to the bottom of things, he would not attend the fair.

Hearing this, the two guards showed doubts as they had never heard of this person.

There are many alchemists in this world, but there are not many alchemists above the third level. As long as you do a good job of intelligence collection, it is not difficult to understand the third-level alchemists in the entire Western Region.

These two gatekeepers have obviously investigated all the third-grade alchemists in the Western Region, and are very sure that there is no third-grade alchemist named Long Xuan in the Western Region. They know that he is using a pseudonym.

But the male guard still smiled and said: "It turns out to be Long Xuan, the master of alchemy. I have admired him for a long time. Please come in quickly. There is still some time before the fair starts, so there should be room for you inside."

Long Xuan nodded, pretending to be arrogant and walked in with his hands behind his back.

Looking at the man's leaving figure, the male doorman looked thoughtful and quickly wrote the words "Long Xuan" in a notebook.

Seeing his actions, the female guard on the other side said in confusion: "This person is obviously using a pseudonym. Why are you recording it?"

“The Ninth Prince wants to take this opportunity to learn about his competitors. Please don’t record this irrelevant information.”

The male doorman shook his head and said with a confident smile: "It may seem that this person has a fake name, but his last name is definitely real."

“Don’t forget the bet between the Feng Alliance and the Long Alliance. In this case, no one will pretend to be Long unless they are really surnamed Long.”

“This bet should have scared many reclusive Long’s third-grade alchemists out. These Long’s third-grade alchemists who don’t want to leave their fate in the hands of others are definitely not simple. At least they have the confidence to achieve a good ranking. It is worth paying attention to..."

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After Long Xuan walked into the attic, he saw twos and threes of alchemists sitting together, talking and laughing.

Everyone here is a third-grade alchemist with extremely distinguished status, and their aura is extraordinary.

After seeing someone coming in, many third-level alchemists subconsciously looked over.

Seeing that the visitor was a stranger, and could not tell his identity or origin, no one came up to talk to him.

Long Xuan was so happy that he walked to a deserted corner and sat down.

As time went by, more and more third-grade alchemists noticed the plaque, and more and more third-grade alchemists walked into the attic. Gradually, the hidden corner of Longxuan was filled with third-grade alchemists, and the surrounding area began to Get noisy.

But Long Xuan kept his eyes closed and calmed down, so no one talked to him without interest.

Finally, with the sound of a bell, the trade fair finally began.

Hearing the noise, Long Xuan slowly opened his eyes, with expectation in his eyes.

The third-grade alchemist special trade fair is the highest-level trade fair he has participated in so far. He is looking forward to finding treasures that will be of great help to him in this trade fair.

After the bell, a handsome young man walked to the table at the front of the crowd, looked around, and said with a smile:

“This third-grade alchemist trade fair is organized by me. As the host of this third-grade alchemist trade fair, let me introduce myself first.”

“I come from the Huiyue Empire and am the ninth prince of the Huiyue Empire. You can just call me the ninth prince.”

“I, the ninth prince of the Huiyue Empire, am not very talented in cultivation, but I am quite talented in alchemy. I dare not say how good I am in alchemy, but I am enough to be called the number one third-grade alchemist in the Huiyue Empire.”

As soon as he said these words, his face showed an unconcealable arrogance.

 Many people below showed some fear at this time. The Huiyue Empire is a superpower in the entire Western Region that can be ranked among the top ten, and it is one of the organizers of this alchemy competition.

The title of the number one third-grade alchemist in the Huiyue Empire is definitely not low. This person is definitely a formidable competitor.

Long Xuan also glanced at him. He didn't care how high this person's alchemy level was. Anyway, no matter how high it was, it would definitely not be as high as him. What he was really interested in now was what the Ninth Prince would come up with next. Trading items.

The Ninth Prince of the Huiyue Empire must have a lot of money, and as the host of this third-grade alchemist trade fair, he must not be able to offer too shabby trading products.

The value of the trading items he brought out might be the highest in the game, so there was no room for him to lose concentration.

The Ninth Prince had a panoramic view of everyone below.

He did not say these words to show off, but had other intentions. If someone looked at him at this time, his eyes would be solemn or fearful.

There is basically no need to pay attention to these people. Their alchemy skills are definitely not very good, so they are afraid of their competitors.

At this time, he needed to pay more attention to the few expressionless people. Most of these people were extremely conceited about their alchemy skills and did not regard him, the Ninth Prince, as an opponent at all.

He glanced emphatically at the man hiding in the corner, but the man didn't even look at him. "Ninth Prince! Since you are the host of this trade fair, let's start with you. As the host, the things you bring out cannot be too shabby."

Some people in the crowd seemed not to be afraid of his identity and suddenly joked and cheered loudly.

The rest of the people also smiled at this time.

The Ninth Prince glanced at the man and said with a smile: "Okay! Then this trade fair will start with me."

As he spoke, he took out a bottle containing two golden bugs from his storage ring and placed it on the table. He scanned the faces of everyone below and said with a slightly proud smile:

“I believe many people have never seen this insect, so I won’t tell you anything.”

“This insect is called a gold-eating insect. It reproduces asexually and ranks twenty-first on the list of top spiritual insects.”

“I don’t need to say more about the value of the twenty-first-ranked top-grade spiritual worm. Most of the top-grade Gu worms are far incomparable.”

“The reason why Gold-Eating Insect ranks so high is because it has three rule-based abilities.”

“One is that it can swallow metal of any hardness and make itself the same hardness as the metal, but it can only be maintained by swallowing this type of metal for a long time.”

“Second, gold-eating insects can unconditionally devour anything that is less hard than itself.”

“Third, gold-eating insects are immortal and can only be killed by physical attacks that exceed the upper limit.”

“So the strength of gold-eating bugs varies depending on how much metal they eat over time.”

“If gold-eating insects devour the hardest metal in the world and reproduce to a certain scale, they will be enough to kill gods and Buddhas, and they can devour everything in this world.”

"However, if its owner is poor and cannot feed it too hard metal for a long time, the gold-eating insect will be extremely brittle."

“Limited by the ability of the rules, it can only swallow things with a lower hardness than itself. Once its own hardness is not enough, this top-level spiritual insect may not be able to defeat even a low-level spiritual insect.”

“I have made it clear the stakes of this top-quality spiritual insect. There is no deception. Who wants to trade my gold-eating insect now?”

“I don’t lack anything. Anyone who is interested in gold-eating insects can give out any treasure, but I will choose to trade with the person who gives out the treasure with the highest value. The one with the highest price will get it.”

The Ninth Prince looked at the alchemists below with a smile on his face, extremely confident in his first trading item.

To put it bluntly, the strength of a gold-eating insect is linked to the wealth of its owner. If the owner is rich, the insect will be stronger.

Gold-eating insects may have limited value if sold elsewhere, but among this group of extremely wealthy alchemists, he believed that his gold-eating insects would be able to sell for a sky-high price.

As expected, after his words fell, many alchemists below showed expressions of excitement, wanting to trade, but for a moment they hesitated.

 It is true that they are not short of money, but the hardest metal in the world is limited, and it cannot be bought with money.

If the gold-eating insects are allowed to devour the Geng-Gold Essence, and breed to a certain scale so that each gold-eating insect has the hardness of the Geng-Gold Essence, it will indeed be possible for gods to kill gods and Buddhas.

It is no exaggeration to say that if tens of thousands of Geng-jin fine gold-eating insects were truly cultivated, their combat power would be invincible at the same level.

But the problem is that the Geng Gold Essence is too expensive. Even with their third-grade alchemy status, they can only buy a few yuan at most. They are not allowed to use the Geng Gold Essence to feed gold-eating insects at all.

What's more, there aren't that many Gengjin spirits in this world. Feeding Gengjin spirits to insects is simply a waste of resources.

 Geng Jin Jing is just an extreme example. Even hard metals ranked much lower than Geng Jin Jing, once used as food for gold-eating insects, no one's wealth can bear it, including Duobao merchants.

So although the strength of the gold-eating insect is related to the hardness of the metal, no one dares to let it eat the hardest metal, and no one's wealth can afford it.

The theoretical maximum strength of gold-eating insects is simply impossible to achieve in this world, even in the ancient times when precious resources were everywhere.

If you want to cultivate a large number of gold-eating insects, you can only consider metals with middle hardness. The quantity is very large, and the hardness cannot be too low.

But how to choose has become a huge problem. The metal is too cheap, which will make the gold-eating insects very weak. The metal is too expensive, and it will cost too much money.

How to balance the relationship between strength and cost is really a headache, leaving many people hesitant.

So even though many people were interested in gold-eating insects, no one bid for it for a while.

The atmosphere at the scene was silent for a long time. Finally, a fat third-level alchemist raised his hand and said: "My family has black iron veins, and the black iron production is sufficient."

“The hardness of dark iron is better than the hardness, so it is perfect for feeding gold-eating insects.”

“How about I give you a top-quality spiritual stone and give these two gold-eating insects to me?”

As soon as he finished speaking, before the Ninth Prince could reply, someone immediately raised his hand and said, "The hardness of black iron is still low, and giving you gold-eating insects would be a waste."

“My family is in the ore business and we can easily collect a large amount of purple gold. You’d better leave the gold-eating insects to me.”

“I will give you five PoWang Pills!” A young female alchemist shouted with great wealth.

As the two people opened their mouths, the place below suddenly became lively, and people raised their hands to bid.

There are quite a few wealthy third-grade alchemists here, and quite a few people are interested in this money-burning machine.

Looking at the price increases below, a smile appeared on the Ninth Prince's face.

At this time, Long Xuan closed his eyes and kept tapping his fingers on the table, thinking about the value of gold-eating insects to him.

This kind of heaven-defying insect whose strength varies depending on the hardness of the metal really aroused his interest.

You must know that gold-eating insects are not Gu insects, but spiritual insects. Spirit insects can reproduce on a large scale. As long as they are allowed to swallow the hardest metal and reproduce in a certain number, the upper limit is simply terrifyingly high.

You must know that the hardest metal in this world is far from Gengjin. In the God Realm, there are countless metals harder than Gengjin.

If the gold-eating insects are allowed to devour the hardest metal in the God Realm, then his army of gold-eating insects will have the power to kill gods.

He saw the shadow of the gold-eating insect in the novel in the gold-eating insect. Once the gold-eating insect swallows the hardest metal in the world, its body will be equal to the hardness of the metal, which means that its defense power is invincible.

The gold-eating insect can unconditionally swallow anything that is lower in hardness than itself. Once the gold-eating insect swallows the hardest metal, it means that it can swallow everything in the world, and it can swallow nothing. This kind of power is really terrible. .

The maximum strength of a gold-eating insect is exactly the same as that of a gold-eating insect. He felt that he might be able to cultivate a gold-eating insect into a gold-eating insect.

No one dares to let gold-eating insects eat the hardest metal, and no one can let gold-eating insects evolve into the theoretically strongest state, even in the ancient times when resources were the most abundant.

But he felt that he might be able to do what the ancients could not, and evolve the gold-eating insects to their theoretically strongest state.

At this time, he thought about the alloy from his previous life. Could he use his golden fingers to create an alloy formula from another world?

The metals used in this alloy formula are all the cheapest metals, but together, the hardness is comparable to or even beyond the hardest metals in the world.

In this way, others cannot use the hardest metal in the world to feed gold-eating insects, but he can.

He can cultivate gold-eating insects to their theoretical strongest state at very low cost.

Once gold-eating insects of this magnitude multiply to hundreds of thousands or millions, he can control such a terrifying insect sea army to kill gods and Buddhas.

Long Xuan’s eyes were bright, and his expression became more and more crazy.

He decided that he wanted these two gold-eating insects... (End of this chapter)